For Love of God
In the work of the novelist, Okey Ndibe, the influences of the United States, especially that everything is available for a price, is everywhere in Nigeria.
Culture
A more complete narrative about global hip hop
An interview with documentary filmmaker, Adam Sjöberg, on the choices he made for his film, "Shake the Dust," about documentary.
Morocco joins the miniskirt wars
In Morocco, the real story is once more that of women organizing, pushing back and pushing forward, creating new spaces precisely where others try to shut them down.
New Music Series #RespecTheProducer – Battlekat On Working With Flabba
This article is part of a series of articles on music producers throughout the African continent
Weekend Music Break No.79
An abbreviated music break for the weekend of July 4th, 2015: Joey B and the
What about this cartoon
What happened when an Argentinean cartoonist took inspiration from an iconic moment in African-American struggle, replaced the black athletes with monochrome white figures to make a point about gay rights.
Why is Facebook asking me how to pronounce my name?
Facebook has decided my name is weird and hard and I have to prevent awkward situations by teaching my “Friends” how to say it.
Echoes of Zaire: Popular Painting from Lubumbashi, DRC
In the 1970s, a Congolese painter named Tshibumba Kanda Matulu began to paint a history of
Cameras and the Indian Ocean
In 1883, the Sultan of Zanzibar, Barghash bin Said, commissioned a camera obscura room in the tower of
African films in Colombian cinemas
How would Colombian audiences react to films from Africa?
Loit Sols & Churchil Naude, live from Coffebeans Routes in Cape Town!
Here it is, your live stream of “If you can’t see me, are you really there?” concert
Dance culture is as strong as ever
Here's Hipsters Don’t Dance "Top World Carnival Tunes" for June 2015.
I’ve always been a writer
Spoken word artist Taylor Steele, one of the participating artists of the New York based series, 'Afropolitan presents' - that takes place at Meridian23 at the end of June 2015 - talks about her craft.
Setting Liberia’s political pot onto a full boil
Takun J stirs the Liberian streets with calls for justice and accountability.
Stream Africa is a Country’s live concert partnership with Coffebeans Routes, this Thursday
As we announced earlier this month, Africa is a Country is teaming up with Coffeebeans Routes
Let Kenyan planes fly
The writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o on the Kenyan government’s habit of inhibiting the country’s talents.
Gazing at a distance
Two exhibits at the same museum: one seeking to deconstruct the white Western gaze, the other perpetuating it.
Vamba Sherif’s ‘Bound to Secrecy’ is masterful storytelling
In 2012, The Economist Magazine’s style blog, Prospero, featured an essay titled “War and Peace in
Weekend Music Break No.78
South Carolina and the island that Haitians and Dominicans share is on our minds this weekend, so
Blood dripping from his head
A painful, violent story of migration captured in the song "Lagos" - for our series "Liner Notes," in which musicians talk about making music.